Program Management - Environmental Issues

Presenters: Robert Hicks MPH, Carl Armstrong MD, CMG Buttery MD

Objectives:

After this set of lectures to students will be able to describe:

Key Words:

Health promotion, disease prevention, primary prevention, secondary prevention, tertiary prevention, Healthy People (US, Canada, UK) state programs, Public awareness

Readings:

Buttery essays - #9, Governing By Network, Chapter 3.

Resources:

Robert Hicks Slides, Handouts
Carl Armstrong MD Slides Handouts
Kim Buttery Slides, Handouts

Presentations

Hour 1 Septic Tank Politics

Hour 2 Infectious DIseases

Hour 3 Housing & Health (The Built Environment)

Discussion Board:Discuss one of the two following:
1) Why do you believe that political oversight can play such an important part in environmental management? OR

2) Thinking about the the Housing Project model, what do you believe are important steps in developing any public health related project, to gain its acceptance?